The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-13
Local and State Notes.

Local aud State Notes.
The Indianapolis car-works are to put in
another engine, one-hundred- horse power.
G. A Nimmo, general Western passenger
seent Of the Fitchburg road, is in the city on his
POUNDS looking after business.
j. w. Morse. of the Union Pacific, will, upon
retiring from railroading, take position with
In insurance company at Omaha.
Geo. Tyer. passenger conductor on the c., l.,
St L. q G. road, who has been seriously i'll for
some time, Is thought to be a little better.
The Chicago. St. Louis & Pittsburg road
earned in the month of July $l67. 357. Increase
over earnings Of corresponding month 1886,
$25, 325.
& Indianapolis road. who was to have returned
from the East yesterday. telegraphed that he
would not be home before Sunday.
Alonzo Robbins, ex-passenger conductor of
the Vandalia and his wife are spending few
days in the city. Mr.. Robbins is now the St
Louis, Kansas City g. Colorado road.
The Wagner Cardoor Company, of this city.
has been notified by the Louisville & Nashville
road that this door has given such satisfaction
that il will be adopted on their system.
b. F. Sipp, private secretary to j. w Sher-
wood general superin tendent of the c., l., St.
L. q c., has obtained two weeks leave of alb
sence and will spend the time with friends in
Wisconsin.
Commissioners Blanchard of the Central Traf-
fc Association. has called a meeting of the gen.
eral managers and general superintendents of
Chicago, on Wednesday next
i The O., IL 81 ID. people doing all in their
power TO push the work Of replacing the burned
bridges on the c.. H. 81 division. II will be
some ten days before they will be open for the
movement of through freights-
John Chesborough, assistant general passenger
agent of the Pennsylvania lines, headquarters
St. Louis. was in the city yesterday en- route
home from the north where he has been a
pleasure snd business trip combined.
The Cincinnati, Jackson & Mackinaw road has
made it's connection with the c., II. & d. tracks,
and will make traffic arrangement for
working business in connection with the c., III.
f. d.. south, via Cincinnati, and west via Indi-
Anpolis.
Some of the railway officials seem disap-
pointed that rain has come and Frightened the
prospects for business for the roads this fail.
They were just getting ready TO order a reduc-
ton of expenses all along the line, the
try was burning up.
The roads in the Northwest as we'll in the
Eastern States are getting bravely their
timidity lest they should interfere with the
provisions Of the interstate law. The Chicago.
Milwaukee & St Paul have concluded that they
can run their harvest excursion as in years past
without interfering with its provisions
The c., l., st. L. e. G. road earned in the first
week OF August $40. 1888 43. Decrease, as COM
The decrease was wholly in local freights, show
ing that the road begins TO feel the effects Of
the reduction in local rates In passenger earn
inRs there was an increase this year of 1897 60.
~. general passenger
agent of the Pennsylvania lines west of Pitts
burg. returned yesterday from the meeting OF
general passenger agents held in Macklnac on
Wednesday. Commissioner Daniels was disap-
pointed over the small attendance and another
meeting is called to be held in Chicago on
next
The local passenger agents who have charge
81 the outside Offices on South Illinois street,
complain bitterly of the dun~ss in business.
They do not seem to appreciate the fact that the
travelling public has caught on to the fact that
since the new law went into effect there is moth
ing gained by spending half day running from
one Office to another to get a lower rate.
Judge Gre-ham is in the city, and in reply to
the question how much longer the Wabash road
ia to be run by his court said ne did not believe
in the courts running railroads, and hoped mat
ters would soon take such turn that he could
be relieved of this road. At the present time,
however, it is making very handsome net earn
ings and giving the court but little trouble.
l.. @. Cannon has been appointed assistant
general manager of the Oregon Pacific road,
with headquarters at San Francisco The
road is now operated a distance of seventy-two
miles. and is rapidly extending its lines. Mr..
Cannon began railroad life on the Indianapolis
Peru & Chicago road. and has filed all positions
toriy.
The Indianapolis rolling mill has twenty car
loads OF new steel rail ready for delivery to the
Lake Erie & Western, which are to be laid on
the l., r g q division General Manager Brad
bury says If the good people of Peru will give
him reasonable time the l., p. e. G. division
from Michigan City to Indianapolis will be in as
good condition Is the most chronic erumbler
would desire.
According TO lengthy telegram sent from
Pittsburg to the New York Times the Penn
sylvania railroad policy is to strictly interpret
the long andshort- haul clause. The other trunk
lines have agreed TO accept their percentage of
rates on transcontinental business based on n |
scale which ignores this clause but the PENN
syIvania declines to receive a less amount on a |
haul to California than to interior Colorado
General Passenger Agent Bronson of the L.
b. Il W., feels that injustice done that road
In the unfavorable comments which appeared in |
the Journal, of yesterday, regarding running
excursion trains. The l., b. & W., for one
never runs double headers. and invariably runs
large excursion trains in sections on the time of
regular trains and he contends that safer
trains over their roads than are their |
Niagara Falls excursion trains
Contractor Reuter-. of this city, has just COM
pleted the new freight depot for the Pennsylva-
mia Company at Louisville, KY. seventeen days
earlier than his contract calls for. The building
10 400 feet lone by ffty-two wide. One OF the
Mr. Reuter- be let loose the new Union rail-
way station at Indianapolis, adding that had he |
been awarded the contract in the beginning the |
building would now be under roof.
The impression becomes more general day by |
day that the wind-up Of the sStaynor ceal |
will land both the g. III. a. ID. and the Vandalia |
in the hands OF the Pennsylvania Company. In |
this connection the Cleveland Leader says: |
when the dust of the crash clears away, it is |
whispered that the Pennsylvania will be after !